[OSM-talk] Megastar Competition

[Nick Hill]

Hello Etienne

Etienne wrote:
> It should be noted that recording 1,000,000 tracklogs does not 
> *automatically* guarantee one of these things.  Some user called SteveC 
> has apparently uploaded over 6,000,000 trackpoints but hasn't got a 
> mega-star.  It's rumoured that he bought most of his trackpoints from a 
> courier company ;-)

The fact the competition doesn't recognise the efforts of SteveC doesn't 
reduce my feeling that the competition is insane.

...
> Its *not* a competition, its simply a way of recognising that someone 
> has contributed a lot.  It makes people feel good about what they've 
> done.  Simple psychology.

As it stands, the contest is the number of gps points collected, The 
prize is a megastar. It therefore fits the definition of a competition, 
so I will call it a competition.

Let's recognise the contribution everyone has made. Let's not single out 
people who have uploaded a huge number of GPS points. That way, everyone 
can feel good about what they have done. If we did this, then it 
wouldn't be a competition. Let's award everyone a Megastar.